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This section is Advance Tariff Ruling Information for ruling 600016386
- Start date
- 22 Oct 2026
- Expiry date
- 21 Oct 2029
- Commodity code
- 9018501000 (opens in new tab)
- Description
- A standalone, multipurpose diagnostic ophthalmic ultrasound system designed for the examination and visualisation of the internal structures of the eye. It performs measurements of axial length, anterior chamber depth, lens thickness and corneal thickness. The device combines A-scan, B-scan, pachymetry and ultrasound biomicroscopy functions within a single integrated platform.
- Keywords
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- OPHTHALMIC EQUIPMENT
- MEDICAL EQUIPMENT
- FOR MEDICAL USE
- BY ULTRASONIC PROCESSES
- MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS
- WITH SOFTWARE
- Justification
- Classification has been determined in accordance with the following:- For the purposes of determining the commodity codes within which goods most appropriately fall, reg 3 (1) of The Customs Tariff (Establishment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 sets out that the rules of interpretation contained in the following have effect : a. Part Two (Goods Classification Table Rules of Interpretation) of the Tariff of the United Kingdom (Reg 3(1)(a)); and b. Notes to a section or chapter of the Goods Classification Table (Reg 3(1)(b)) General interpretative rules (GIR)s: GIR 1 - Has been used to classify this product by the terms of heading 9018 - Instruments and appliances used in medical, surgical, dental or veterinary sciences, including scintigraphic apparatus, other electromedical apparatus and sight-testing instruments. GIR 6 - Has been used to classify the goods to subheading level 901850 - Other ophthalmic instruments and appliances. 8-Digit code 90185010 - Non-optical. Also classified in accordance with: Chapter 90 Note 2 (b). Harmonized System Explanatory Notes (HSENs) Note (I) (C) to heading 9018.